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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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When treated like a servant . . .

Posted on December 16, 2018 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

The bottom line is that I don’t need to be validated by others when I am a servant of Jesus Christ, because Jesus gives me the ultimate status as a child of God.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: attitude, servant, slave

Choose To Be A Servant: Example of Nebuchadnezzar

Posted on June 1, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Nebuchadnezzar

Nebuchadnezzar had been an eyewitness to several miracles, yet he remained proud and self-reliant. In this section of Daniel 4 we see that God reduced him from his throne to eating grass in the field like a wild animal. Nebuchadnezzar was taken from being arguably the most powerful man in the world to a homeless madman.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: humility, Nebuchadnezzar, servant

Moses as Leader – Do the right thing even when it’s not appreciated

Posted on May 22, 2011 Written by Mark McIntyre 4 Comments

Moses

Looking at Moses as Leader, it is clear that Moses did the right thing for his people. What is the application for leaders today?

Filed Under: Bible Reflection, Christianity and Culture, Leadership Tagged With: God, Israel, Israelites, Leader, leadership, Moses, Old Testament, servant

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Confusion

Doubt and Confusion

The question I have to ask myself is this, “if John the Baptist, arguably the greatest prophet sent before Christ, experienced doubt and confusion, why would I assume that I should be exempt?”

Great Evangelical Recession

The Evangel in Evangelism

The problem is that it is much easier to assess quantity and more difficult to assess quality. But the difficulty does not relieve us of the responsibility to have this priority.

The Weight of Glory

What is that to you? – A lesson from C. S. Lewis

C. S. Lewis provides a question to help us to know our boundaries and learn when to rely on God to handle a difficult situation. That question is, “what is that to you?”

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Social media and the need for validation

I read a where a social media guru recently said something to the effect of, “there are two types of people involved in social media, those who want more followers and those who are lying about it.” With the advent of social media, there is a danger in finding our validation in follower counts. Where should our validation come from?

Have a great summer

Have a great summer

I have decided that this will be my last post until September. Call it a vacation, call it a sabbatical, call it whatever you will, I will be taking a break.

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